(a) In various phrases taken from OF; see a- pref. (2) 3; (b) in surnames derived from place names, such as a Becket, Anorthbrok. …

In verbs inherited from OE:(a) From OE ā-: a-biden, a-breken, a-fallen, a-reren, a-risen, a-senden, a-waken, a-winnen, and many others. (b) From OE on-: a-biden (also an-biden), ppl. a-knoue(n (also……

From early ME a prep., derived from unstressed an before nouns, adjs., and advs. beginning with a consonant [OE on, an]. (a) Orig. noun phrases: a-beggeþ, a-bedde, a-blode, a-clokke, a-dai(es,……

(a) The act or occasion of keeping a hunted animal at bay by barking dogs; (b) the confrontation of hounds and the carcass of slain prey (the former encouraged to lunge and bark at the latter); (c) of……

(a) Of hunting dogs: to bay or bark beside a hunted or slain animal; (b) to bark; (c) of a person: to bark (at sb.), speak rudely. …

(a) To furnish bail or surety; (b) to pay bail to (sb. for deliverance of a prisoner). …

Lack of composure, ?fear. …

(a) Lowering (of prices); (b) embarrassment, dread, fear. …

(a) To lose one's composure, be upset; -- refl. & intr.; (b) ben abaished, be upset or perplexed (as by fear, shame, surprise); contextually: be afraid, embarrassed, surprised; (c) waxen (becomen)……

(a) To give up or surrender (sth.); (b) to discard (sth.), cast off; (c) to dispense (sth.) with abandon, give away without restraint; (d) to give (sb) up for lost, despair of saving. …

Control; under abandoun, under (one's) control; yeven (putten) in or to abandoun, put at (someone's) disposal. …

(a) Under control, at one's will; (b) at will, unchecked; (c) freely, fully. …

Down, low; maken abas melodie, to stop singing. …

Fortified. …

(a) Lessening, loss; (b) impairment, infringement; (c) lowering (of prices), depreciation; deficiency, as in the weight of a coin; a deduction for light weight; (d) law the quashing of a suit or writ……

(a) To knock down or demolish (a wall, etc.); (b) to knock (sb.) down; strike down or defeat (an enemy); (c) strike (sail); cast down (a banner). …

(a) To feel fear, surprise, etc.; (b) ppl. abaved, upset by fear, surprise, or wonder; afraid, embarrassed, puzzled, or amazed [largely contextual]. …

The office, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot, abbacy. …

A woman superior of a convent of nuns. …

(a) Shortness; (b) abridgement (of a story, etc.); an abstract or summary. …

To feed, as the mother bird feeds a nestling. …

(a) Obliquely, slantwise; (b) ?as adj.: oblique. …

Sun-dried or salt codfish. …

Incitement to evil; urging. …

(a) To urge or incite (sb. to evil); encourage or abet (wrong-doing); (b) to encourage (sb.); promote (well-being). …

One who encourages or supports an offender. …

Of a thing, a sight, a disease, an action, etc.: physically loathsome, disgusting, repulsive; abhominable to the stomak, nauseating. …

(a) Physical loathing, disgust, nausea; abhominacioun of wlatsomnesse, nausea; haven abhominacioun of, to be disgusted or nauseated by (sth.); abhominacioun of stomak; (b) moral abhorrence; haven……

A capacity for doing something, proficiency in an art or profession, ability, power. …

(a) A piece of equipment; a tool, an instrument, a weapon, a piece of armor, etc.; -- usually pl.; (b) abillementes of werre, military equipment. …

The depths (of the sea or the earth), abyss; also, the bottomless pit, hell. …

(a) Humbleness, lowliness; an abject position; (b) one who is utterly degraded, the lowest (of the lowly). …

Solemn renunciation of heresy or idolatry. …

(a) To renounce or recant (a heresy) under oath; ben abjured, be subjected to solemn recantation; (b) to give up or renounce (sth.); surrender (a right) under oath; swear to leave (a place). …

To accuse or blame (sb.). …

(a) The ablative (case) of Latin; a noun or adjective in the ablative case; (b) in a pun (with ref. to L ablātiō a taking away & ablāt-um taken away, stolen): carried off, stolen; ablatif cas, the……

(a) Of persons: capable of doing something, expert in an art or science, qualified to practice a trade or profession, skilful, competent; able maister, able werkman; of a woman: old enough to marry……

In words taken from OF (& L): (a) derived from verbs, with 'passive' meaning: accept-able, agre-able, am-able, blam-able, chaunge-able, forfet-able, fortun-able, honor-able, etc.; (b) derived from……

To enable (sb. to do sth.), give (sb.) power or resources (sufficient for a task). …

Cleansing. …

The game of blind-man's buff [see first quot.]; pleien abobbed; fig. to fool or delude a helpless person. …

(a) To play abobbed with (sb.); (b) fig. to bewilder or mystify (sb.). …

Do away with (sth.). …

(a) At or upon the side of a ship; (b) alongside another ship; (c) onto or aboard a ship; (d) fallen abord with, to become associated with (sb.), agree with. …

To come alongside (a ship); ?to enter or board (a ship). …

(a) Existing in great quantity, overflowing; (b) possessing in quantity, rich (in gold, etc.); -- with of; (c) full (of mercy, blossoms, etc.); -- with of or with; (d) bountiful, generous. …

Ample, sufficient. …

(a) A great number of things, a great quantity; plenty, a sufficiency; also, an excess; -- often with in or of; (b) aboundaunce of water, an overflow, a flood. …

(a) Present or existing in great number or quantity, many, much, abounding; also, overabundant, excessive; of shot: thick, fast; of waters: overflowing; (b) of fruitfulness, gifts, grace, mercy……

(a) To exist or be present in great number or quantity, be plentiful; to be sufficient (for a purpose); also, to be excessive; of water: to overflow; abounden to, come to (sb.) abundantly; (b) of……

(a) To set bounds to (sth.), limit, enclose; (b) to have boundaries, be bounded. …

Only in phrase aboutien ut, lean out (at a battlement). …

(a) A reduction or lessening in amount; a shortening in space or time; (b) a condensed version, an epitome. …

(a) To reduce (sth.) in number or amount, diminish; (b) to shorten (sth.) in space, decrease the length of (a journey, a rod); (c) to make (sth.) of shorter duration, to shorten (the time that……

(a) setten abroche, to tap or broach (a cask), let (liquor) flow; fig. to shed (blood); (b) set abroche, opened up, begun. …

(a) To tap or broach (a cask); often fig.; (b) to give utterance to (praise, rejoicing). …

To abrogate (a law). …

Broth. …

(a) The state of being away from a place, absence; in his absence, etc.; (b) in absence, absent; (c) the fact of being lacking or missing, lack, non-existence. …

(a) Not in a particular place, not present, absent; -- often with fro, from; (b) of things, qualities, etc.: absent, lacking, non-existent. …

(a) To go or stay away; (b) absenten (one's) person or presence, to withdraw, go or remain away; (c) refl. to withdraw (esp. in order to evade a duty, obligation, or penalty), go away, stay away; fig.……

Wormwood; fig. bitterness sorrow. …

(a) Forgiveness of sin as pronounced by a priest or by authority of the Church, remission; esp., the sacrament of penance; (b) a document granting remission of sins, an indulgence; (c) the act of……

To avoid (sth.), stay away from (a person or place), refrain from partaking of (food, etc.); -- often with fro, from, of; (a) refl.; (b) intr. …

Surg. (a) The act or process of cleansing a wound or sore, the removal of pus or other impurities by means of cleansing medicines; (b) a detergent or cleansing property. …

Of medicines: able to remove pus or other impurities from a wound or sore; cleansing, detergent. …

Avoidance (of sth.), refraining (from sth.), self-denial; abstinence of mete, fasting; ben of abstinence, abstain; don abstinence of, abstain from; maken abstinence, avoid luxury. …

Withdrawal from worldly affairs and interests, asceticism. …

Gram. Of nouns: abstract (as opposed to concrete). …

Improper or corrupt practice. …

(a) To misuse (sth.); misapply (funds); abuse (one's power), put to evil use; (b) to abuse (sb.) sexually (as by incest, sodomy, prostitution). …

(a) Misuse, perversion, abuse; (b) in abusioun, insultingly, abusively; also, in a wicked or unnatural manner. …

(a) Of land, territory, a field: abutten to (upon), to end at, extend to, border on (sth.); (b) abutten agenst, to be opposite (sth.). …

Med. A gum made from the juice of green plums or sloes (used as an astringent, a restringent, or a repercussive). …

In a zigzag course. …

Accent, modulation. …

(a) The acceptance of something as true or valid; approval (of a book); (b) accepcioun of persones, personal accepcioun, favoritism, partiality; (c) a condition or stipulation to which one has agreed……

(a) Of things, actions, ideas, etc.: agreeable, pleasing -- often with to, tofore, unto; acceptable in the sight of, pleasing in the sight of, agreeable to (sb.); (b) appropriate, suitable; time……

(a) The act of accepting (an office) or approving (a privilege, etc.); (b) acceptance or approval (of sth.) as true or just or satisfactory; (c) acceptacioun of persones, favoritism, partiality. …

(a) Any attack of illness characterized by fever, but esp. of malarial fever or ague; acces ill, sharp acces, ague; fervent acces, hard acces, hot acces, etc.; (b) an attack of fever; esp. one of the……

Capable of being approached, accessible. …

(a) An accessory to a crime; (b) that which is subordinate to something else. …

(a) Phil. A non-essential or incidental characteristic, a temporary and variable property of a thing; bi accidence, through a secondary means, indirectly; of accidence, without affecting or involving……

(a) The deadly sin of Sloth, a disinclination to do anything good; (b) a spell of lethargy or apathy. …

(a) To make (sb.) a companion or associate, to join or unite (sb. with a person or a group); -- with to, toward, with; (b) refl. to join (sb.), take sides with, associate with; (c) to be in company……

Performed, carried out. …

To perform or carry out (a feat of arms). …

(a) The performance (of a task), the carrying out (of a plan, purpose, someone's wish), fulfillment (of a promise); (b) the obtaining (of happiness, property), attainment (of that which one desires). …

(a) To perform (an action), carry out (a plan, a purpose), execute (a command, wish, will, contract, etc.); (b) to attain to or achieve (a goal or purpose); satisfy (a desire, a need); (c) to fulfill……

(a) Friendly sentiment, attitude, or disposition; goodwill, god accord; (b) sentiment or opinion; standen of accord, agree in sentiment (with sb.); fallen of accord, to consent; bi accord……

Consonant, harmonious, conforming; fitting, proper. …

Of persons: (a) agreement in sentiment, concurrence of opinion; comoun accordaunce, mutual agreement; on accordaunce, unanimity; (b) compliance (with the will of God), devotion; compliance with rules……

(a) Conforming (to sth.); in accordance or in agreement (with sth.); -- with to; (b) compatible; harmonious; (c) mus. harmonious; hence, pleasing; (d) similar (to sth.); alike. …

(a) Reconciliation; friendliness; of on accordement, united in spirit; (b) a formal agreement of reconciliation; a covenant of peace; also, the terms of such an agreement; maken accordement, make……

(a) To come to agreement or an understanding; become reconciled; fallen accorded; accorden of mariage, agree to be married; -- often refl.; (b) to make a formal agreement or settlement; come to terms……

Secretly agreed, plotting. …

(a) Liable to render account; (b) charged with accounting; officer accountant; (c) as noun: an accounting officer. …

(a) A computation, enumeration, or count; -- often pl.; (b) the method or art of computing; -- pl. …

(a) To count (things); (b) to include (sth.) in a count; (c) pass. to amount to (a certain number). …

(a) The act of charging someone with an offence or misconduct; (b) law formal accusation, indictment; (c) self-accusation, confession. …